805 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana, Illinois. County/parish: Champaign.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places February 29, 1996. NRIS 96000097.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
Tina Weedon Smith Memorial Hall, located at 805 S. Mathews Avenue in Urbana, Illinois, is an historic building on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Smith Hall is located just off the main quad of campus and is just east of Foellinger Auditorium. The building was constructed in 1917-21 and was designed in the Beaux-Arts style by James M. White and George E. Wright.
Smith Hall is known for being the first building on the campus to be completely funded by a private party donation. It was dedicated to Tina Weedon Smith by her husband, Captain Thomas J. Smith. Smith Hall is used for university lectures and music classes, as well as for speakers and performances.
In 1996 Smith Memorial Hall was added to the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28891786